Second Supreme Anti-Basileus Biography

Soror Jasmyne McCoy

Second Supreme Anti-Basileus

Soror Jasmyne E. McCoy is a young trailblazer with an extremely bright future ahead! She feels blessed to have been elected as the Second Supreme Anti-Basileus at the historic Virtual AKA 69th Boule on July 15, 2020. The Little Rock, Arkansas native was initiated in the Fall of 2018 into the Lambda Upsilon Chapter at Harvard University. She has held the positions of Grammateus, Hodegos, Chaplain, and EAF Chairman. In 2019, she was selected to be a Leadership Fellow. She is also proud to be an AKA Legacy.

Soror Jasmyne graduated Pre-Med concentrating in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a secondary in African-American Studies and a citation in Spanish. She plans on becoming an Ophthalmologist specializing in retinal surgery. At Harvard, she remained busy as a Peer Advising Fellow, Academic Resource Center Tutor for Chemistry and Calculus, and is a former Crimson Cheerleader. During the summer, she has studied abroad in Venice, Italy at Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia and was an HIV/AIDS Research Assistant for the Ragon Institute in Durban, South Africa. She's very proud to have made straight As more than once at Harvard and was a member of North Atlantic Region's 4.0 Club. In her spare time, she enjoys watching movies, traveling, listening to music, or shooting videos for her YouTube channel.

Other honors include serving in Jack and Jill of America as the Mid-Western Regional Teen Vice President, Duke TIP Scholar, March of Dimes National Student Leadership Corps, AKA EAF Essay Winner, Presidential Volunteer Service Award, MIT W.I.S.E. Program, YMCA Youth Character Award, recipient of the David Rockefeller International Studies Grant, and winner of the prestigious Princeton Prize in Race Relations. She also holds the distinction of receiving the Inaugural Fashionably Greek Scholarship in 2020.

Soror Jasmyne's vision for Alpha Kappa Alpha is that undergrads R.E.A.C.H their highest potential. They should be resilient, show excellence, have ambition, strive for greater connection, and put their heart in all they do! This will ensure Alpha Kappa Alpha is able to exemplify excellence through sustainable service for all years to come.

Soror Jasmyne lives by this Bible verse from Isaiah 12:2 ~ "God is my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid."